Browsing: Health Tech & Wearables

The AI wearables revolution just hit a major speed bump. Oura’s mysterious IPO withdrawal has exposed deeper cracks in the wearable tech market, while Apple, Google, and Meta’s aggressive push into AI-powered devices faces mounting privacy concerns. The timing couldn’t be worse for an industry that promised to be the next big thing in personal…

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The next Apple Watch may eventually lose the one feature that has defined it from the start: its screen

Luffu, a new startup from Fitbit’s co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman, on Tuesday launched Luffu Link, an LTE-enabled health and safety band designed to monitor the wearer’s overall health, both physical and mental. The wearable combines all-day health sensing, voice logging, location awareness, and the ability to get help from trusted contacts into a…

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QALO Launches the SL-1 Smart Band, a Next-Generation Wearable, to Expand Its Health Tech Platform

Daily life is different when you’re tracking glucose. A little over a year ago, I was on my way to a conference. My bags were packed, the Uber was on its way, but there was one last thing to do before I could head to the airport. Tearing open a small isopropyl alcohol wipe, I…

Tech review sites cover smartphones, smartwatches, laptops, and increasingly AR headsets. What they rarely cover is medical alert wearables, a category quietly evolving into one of the more interesting corners of the wearables market. The reason for the lack of coverage is partly demographic (medical alerts are associated with aging users, and tech reviewers skew…

It’s less about which gadget. It’s better to be honest about what slots best into your life right now

Google kicks off a new era with its first Fitbit tracker in four years, an app rebrand, and its AI coach leaving beta